Argentina

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  Barrick Gold cyanide spill in Argentine mine analyzed by UN team of experts

  

  A group of United Nations experts have started to analyze water samples in the Argentine northeastern province of San Juan where a spill from a malfunctioning cyanide pipeline in a gold mine belonging to Canada's multinational Barrick Gold has caused a water emergency. The Veladero mine in San Juan is one of the largest in Argentina and apparently the spill reached the rivers Jachal, Las Taguas and Blanco.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez attends Havana mass and meets with Pope Francis

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández took part in Pope Francis' Sunday's mass from Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion, as she watched the pontiff in the company of her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro. Sitting next to the Cuban president, CFK followed Francis' services as he called for society to “protect the most fragile,” in a service witnessed by more than 100,000 worshippers at the Havana landmark.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Argentine officials furious with court annulment of gubernatorial election

  

  The annulment by a Tucuman court of a gubernatorial election in a stronghold of Argentina's ruling party, outraged officials of President Cristina Fernandez's administration and gave a boost to opponents ahead of the Oct. 25 presidential contest.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentine province court orders new governor elections, annulling 23 August polls

  

  The Administrative Court of the Argentine northern province of Tucuman has ordered fresh elections for governor, annulling the polls which took place on August 23, in which a close ally of Cristina Fernandez and former Healthcare minister, Juan Manzur allegedly won by a considerable margin.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 09:10 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez' most hated Justice resigns, but effective the day after she steps down from office

  

  The oldest Justice on the Argentine Supreme Court, Carlos Fayt, 97, on Tuesday presented his resignation, which will take effect on Dec. 11, after President Cristina Fernandez's successor is scheduled to take office, judicial officials said.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentine magistrate orders Executive to release poverty figures; government says judge is 'meddling'

  

  An Argentine magistrate ordered the Executive to present official reports on the extent of poverty and indigence in the country, figures which allegedly the much questioned stats office, Indec ceased to release almost two years ago. However cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez ironically downplayed the order arguing the judge was 'meddling' in something she does not know.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 08:32 UTC

  Appeals court hands victory to Argentina in bonds dispute; questions Judge Griesa's 'class' expansion

  

  A United States federal appeals court handed Argentina a victory Wednesday in its quest to relieve itself of the pressures of debt owed to American hedge funds and others, saying a judge went too far by letting some bondholders demand payment without proving how much they are entitled to be paid.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Cyanide spill in Argentine Andean mine triggers strong protests from local residents

  

  Residents of a town in the Argentine northwestern province of San Juan took to the streets in protest after an industrial malfunction caused a pipe carrying potentially lethal cyanide to the nearby Veladero gold mine to fracture and spill an amount of its contents in the area on Sunday. The news reached national level on Monday.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:30 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas expropiation returns to haunt Cristina Fernandez

  

  The Argentine government and its economic crimes bureau, Procelac, filed on Monday a complaint against Spanish group Marsans for an alleged move to “sell” a lawsuit filed before the World Bank’s ICSID over Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral expropriations, to Burford Capital, a speculative fund. ICSID stands for International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 10:06 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego August inflation, 2.3% and 28.4% in the last twelve months

  

  The consumer price index in Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina climbed 2.3% in August, totaling 17.4% in the first eight months and 28.4% in the last twelve months, according to the province's stats and census office.